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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1902
Page
3
Warring sophomores and freshmen sign a contract to quit hazing and settle football team disputes. Representatives from both classes meet to agree to cease hostilities and keep the peace, though the agreement's durability remains uncertain.
Providence in Lowell tomorrow. Long John Wiley captains Providence. Lawrence and Portland readied for matchups. Bostons and Clinton players featured. Polo and hockey style notes mix with local team lineups and travel costs as season plans unfold.
The Ring reports Gardner vs Choynski off in San Francisco while Kid McCoy may fight Bob Fitzsimmons at Fort Erie. Joe Gans continues a long, improving run after a Chicago lay-down. Charley Armstrong gears for a busy season and vows to fight weekly. Jack Root and Peter Maher seem set for a match, seen as easy money for Root though Maher’s swift punch may miss.
In Memphis at Driving Park on October 23, Crescens and Onward Silver staged record chases. Onward Silver clocked 4 28 1-4 for a two mile attempt, failing to lower his 4 29 1-2 mark as Crescens rode with two runners. Major Delmare also set heat records in the diamond handicap, while Dan Patch was to try a 1 59 1-4 mile record tomorrow.
London report says the English Jockey Club stewards canceled the riding license of American jockey J Reiff following the French Jockey Club suspension. Paris note adds Ambassador Porter met Foreign Minister in Paris on October 23.
Prince Alert 2.00 3-4 targets beating his record and hitting the two minute mark at Memphis this week. Lord Derby may set a two mile trotting record around 4.20 in Memphis, while Ward Silver holds 4.29 1-2. Dan Patch, after a 2.01 run at Davenport amid high winds, continues a streak of nine 2.01 plus miles this season. Rythmic leads money won among trotters at 2.08, with Dulce Cor at 2.08 1-2, and Prince of Orange pacing 2.07 1-2 among Baron Wilkes horses.
Boston reports Chief Tarbox of Newton orders Sunday golf halted. Clubs, players, and caddies must abandon the links on the Sabbath. The Woodland Golf club of Auburndale faces enforcement as local residents object to Sunday play and the sight of red coats and green vests on the links.
The National Association of Baseball Leagues opened its annual meeting at the Fifth Avenue hotel New York with reports by President Powers and Secretary Farrell. A salary scale for minor leaguers and a rule on ineligible players for drunken conduct were discussed. Brush and Hart urged affiliation with the National League, but Farrell stated the association would stay independent. Powers and Farrell were reelected, and a new national board was named with Sexton as chairman and Farrell as secretary-treasurer. Adjournment was set to tomorrow.
The Butler Veteran Firemen and the Torrents race to the muster in Haverhill. Both teams trunk engines on a noon train and the Butlers arrive confident after a season of strong scores seeking prize money.
It's the little colds that grow into big colds, the big colds that end in consumption and death. Watch the little colds. Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup.
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